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No. 490,319. Patented Jan. 24, 1893.

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EDlVARD M. SHREINER AND AUGUSTUS LEININGER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,319, dated January24, 1893.

Application filed August 6, 1892.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD M. SHREINER and AUGUSTUS LEININGER, citizensof the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements inToys; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1, is aside elevation showingthe internal mechanism for communicating motion to the pivoted legs, andillustrating the platform in longitudinal section. Fig. 2, is a viewshowing the position of the rock-bar, and its shaft; and alsoillustrating the connecting Wires. Fig. 3, is aview showing the crankshaft, and illustrating the position of the pitman and its attachment toone of the legs. Fig. 4, is a detached view of the traveling platformshowing the wheels removed therefrom. Fig. 5, is a transverse sectionshowing the position of one set of the pivoted legs, and alsoillustrating the top or upper part of one of the supporting rods, andshowing the body in section.

The present invention has relation to toys; and it consists in thedifferent parts and combination of parts hereinafter described andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings A, represents the traveling platform, towhich platform are journaled the wheels a, said traveling wheels beinglocated and arranged substantially as illustrated in the drawings. Tothe top or upper side of the traveling platform A, is attached the bodyB, which in this instance is that of a horse; but it will be understoodthat the body of any other quadruped may be attached without departingfrom the nature of our invention. To the body B, are pivotally attachedthe legs I), and b, by means of the rivets or bolts 0. To the top orupper ends of the pivoted legs I), and h, are attached the arms cl andd; or if desired said arms (Z and (1' may be formed integral with thepivoted legs I) and b; and in Serial No. 442.357. (N0 model.)

extends upward and is securely attached to g the bottom or lower end ofone of the pivoted legs I); or if desired, the bar g, may be formedintegral with the leg I). The rock bar E is securely attached to theshaft F, which shaft is journaled to the sides of the body B, by meansof the cone-bearings h. To the rock-bar E, are pivotally attached theconnecting wires h, which connecting wires are attached to therespective arms at and cl, substantially as illustrated in Fig. 1.

It will be understood that as the shaft D, is rotated, a reciprocatingmotion will be communicated to the pitman f, which in turn communicatesa vibrating motion to one of the legs I), by means of the bar g, whichin turn communicates motion to all of the legs I) and b, by means of thearms at and d, and the connecting wires h, thereby giving to the animala lifelike movement, as the traveling platform A, is propelled. \For thepurpose of adjusting the body B, together with its pivoted legs I) andb, to or from the traveling platform A, the posts or standards G, areprovided with right and left hand screw threads,

the top or upper screw threads being received into a screw threadedaperture formed in the body B; and the lower screw threads beingreceived into the screw threaded apertures formed in the platform A. Thebody B, is formed in two sections or halves, and the sections or halvesattached together by means of rivets such as k. The screw threadedapertures 7e, are formed by semicircular recesses formed in each sectionof the body B; or in other words, one-half of the screw threadedapertures 7a, are formed in each section of the body B.

The platform D, is provided with the screw threaded apertures k whichare for the purpose of receiving the bottom or lower ends of the postsorstand ards G. The traveling platform A, is also provided with theelongated slot 10 which is for the purpose of receiving pivoted legs 17and b, the arms d and d the rock bar E, the connecting wires 72/ the barg fixed to one of the legs I) the pitrnan f, the crank e the shaft D,the screw threaded apertures k and 75 and the posts Gprovided with 2 vright and left hand screw threads, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses. V

EDWARD M. SHREINER. AUGUSTUS LEININGER.

WVitnesses:

F. V. BOND, LAURA, SHAEFFER.

